Morriston woman charged in traffic death

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A Morriston woman was arrested Saturday on DUI manslaughter charges for the death of a 23-year-old man in a September 2017 head-on collision, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report.

Cory Scott Richardson, of Interlachen, was traveling in the inner-eastbound lane on State Road 23 at about 1:15 a.m. on Sept. 24, 2017, when his car was struck head-on by a pickup truck traveling the wrong way in the same lane.

FHP said the truck was driven by Cassandra Lee Carlson, 39, who received minor injuries as a result of the crash. Richardson was pronounced dead at the scene.

Troopers did not know if Carlson was under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the crash, but an investigation resulted in a warrant being issued for her arrest.

Carlson was arrested Saturday night on DUI-manslaughter charges and was taken to the Alachua County Jail; her bail was set at $500,000.

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